Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PREHISTORIC AND EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD
6. 1.The Invention of Writing and Number Notation 11
7. 2. The Egyptian Number System 18
8. 3. Uses of Numbers and their Contexts in Predynastic and Early Dynastic Times 22
9. 4. Summary 29
10. OLD KINGDOM
11. 5. The Cultural Context of Egyptian Mathematics in the Old Kingdom 31
12. 6. Metrological Systems 41
13. 7. Notation of Fractions 52
14. 8. Summary 55
15. MIDDLE KINGDOM
16. 9. Mathematical Texts (I): The Mathematical Training of Scribes 57
17. 10. Foundation of Mathematics 84
18. 11. Mathematics in Practice and Beyond 102
19. NEW KINGDOM
20. 12. New Kingdom Mathematical Texts: Ostraca Senmut 153 and Turin 57170 127
21. 13. Two Examples of Administrative Texts 133
22. 14. Mathematics in Literature 143
23. 15. Further Aspects of Mathematics from New Kingdom Sources 157
24. 16. Summary 177
25. GRECO-ROMAN PERIODS
26. 17. Mathematical Texts (II): Tradition, Transmission, Development 179
27. 18. Conclusion: Egyptian Mathematics in Historical Perspective 205
28. Bibliography 209
29. Subject Index 225
30. Egyptian Words and Phrases Index 231
31. Index of Mathematical Texts 233